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Ramadan 3

Fasting isn’t easy but I’m finding that it’s preferable to skipping out. The main reasons why I haven’t been fasting on certain days have to do with perceived endurance. If I’m looking ahead at a long day where I don’t think I’m going to be able to fast and still get through all of theContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 3”

Ramadan 2

We’re about half-way through Ramadan now. I’m not fasting every day, but I’m doing pretty well. Some days are easier than others. Those are the days I think, “I’ll make it til the end of the month! I can do this!” Some days are harder. Those are the days I think, “I’m going to giveContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 2”

Ramadan 1

I have recently determined to be more observant about my Islamic faith. The first thing I did was go back to not eating pork, something I had become lazy about. Now it is Ramadan and fasting during this month is obligatory for all Muslims. An Islamic fast is a little different from other types ofContinueContinue reading “Ramadan 1”

The day Snakeladylibrarian grew up

I was raised the child of two atheists in the rural Bible belt. There was a hitching post at the Kmart. My father was a scientist. He taught at the local college, where my mother worked in the library. My father got into editorial page wars in the local paper on the topic of evolution. ThisContinueContinue reading “The day Snakeladylibrarian grew up”

1947: Gentleman’s Agreement and a real life story about Snakeladylibrarian at work

:Gentleman’s Agreement: This movie is apropos of a real life situation I’m facing. “What did you do this weekend?” a friend and colleague asked me the Monday after Easter. “I don’t celebrate Easter,” I said easily, and smoothly changed the subject by saying we’d gone to the park with a friend the day before toContinueContinue reading “1947: Gentleman’s Agreement and a real life story about Snakeladylibrarian at work”

Sex, Politics, and

Religion. My first staff bookclub read of 2015 was “Through the Narrow Gate” by Karen Armstrong. Armstrong entered a convent as a teenager, straight out of Catholic school, and left 7 years later. She was emotionally mistreated in the convent, medically neglected, and eventually her relationship with God, a relationship that never stopped being importantContinueContinue reading “Sex, Politics, and”

Sometimes its not “Merry Christmas”

At the grocery store where I do most of my shopping I have a favorite check-out woman. I don’t know her name, but she’s Muslim so I just scan the row of clerks for her headscarf to see if she’s working when I’m picking up groceries. I don’t know why she hasn’t been promoted. She’sContinueContinue reading “Sometimes its not “Merry Christmas””